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distended; distending; distends
1
: extend
the main outlines of the land yet lay clearly distended before them—
Norman Douglas
2
: to enlarge, expand, or stretch out (as from internal pressure) : swell
a distended abdomen
: to become enlarged, expanded, or stretched out
causing the stomach to distend
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